Darkest Before god roll & best perks

Darkest Before — Destiny 2 Pulse Rifle
Legendary · Pulse Rifle
Where it drops: Source: "Prophecy" Dungeon

“"Persevere, or die in darkness. The choice is yours." —Emissary of the Nine”

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Built from 269 curated wishlist rolls for this Pulse Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

YeezyGT's S16

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[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Range] "Darkest Before is a fantastic option, and very easily the favourite 540RPM. It's only real shortcoming stems from the lack of an "on-demand" damage perk ((Multi)/Kill Clip), though 500 kills in, I feel as though Rampage does the job well - you'll often tackle two enemies at once with a 540RPM, and Rampage helps you get an instant edge on the second without disengaging. Invest in Range, and a little Handling."

Strong alternatives

Smallbore High-Caliber Rounds Rampage Surplus Elemental Capacitor Overflow Slideshot Ricochet Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Chambered Compensator Corkscrew Rifling Fluted Barrel Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Subsistence Fluted Barrel Extended Mag One for All Unrelenting Smallbore Armor-Piercing Rounds Overflow Appended Mag Rampage Arrowhead Brake

Community wishlist roll

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Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 25 PvE backup roll for end-game content. In the same slot as Horror's Least, so there's some competition for your love. Constrain the recoil with a Stability barrel, and then you can either build into the Rapid-fire intrinsic perk with Alloy Mag, or just use a Combat Effect mag. Overflow or Surplus and One for All are the only really end-game content choices. Drops from the final (Emissary) chest if you're looking to farm it. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

One for All

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Alloy Magazine Overflow Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Surplus

Community wishlist roll

16 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 232. PvE first choice roll. Recommended MW: Stability with Rampage Spec mod.

Essential perks

Rampage

Strong alternatives

Extended Barrel Ricochet Rounds Overflow High-Caliber Rounds Flared Magwell Armor-Piercing Rounds Subsistence

Community wishlist roll

pve pve-minor controller mkb 16 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 25. PvE backup roll for general content. In the same slot as Horror's Least, so there's some competition for your love. Constrain the recoil with a Stability barrel, and then you can either build into the Rapid-fire intrinsic perk with Alloy Mag, or just use a Combat Effect mag. For mowing through low-level minors in general content, Subsistence and Rampage are a great combination. Drops from the final (Emissary) chest if you're looking to farm it. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Rampage Spec mod.

Essential perks

Subsistence Rampage

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Alloy Magazine Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds

Community wishlist roll

9 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 232. PvE first choice roll. Recommended MW: Range or Stability on personal preference with Rampage Spec mod.

Essential perks

Rampage

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Ricochet Rounds Overflow Flared Magwell Corkscrew Rifling Smallbore Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Subsistence

Community wishlist roll

pve pve-god pve-minor pve-endgame controller mkb 8 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 25. PvE first-choice roll for end-game content. In the same slot as Horror's Least, so there's some competition for your love. Help out the wonky Recoil Direction with Arrowhead Brake, and then you can either build into the Rapid-fire intrinsic perk with Alloy Mag, or just use a Combat Effect mag. Overflow or Surplus and One for All are the only really end-game content choices. Drops from the final (Emissary) chest if you're looking to farm it. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake One for All

Strong alternatives

Alloy Magazine Overflow Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Surplus

Community wishlist roll

7 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 232. PvE first choice roll. Recommended MW: Range with Rampage Spec mod.

Essential perks

Rampage

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Overflow Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Subsistence Ricochet Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Extended Barrel

Strong alternatives

High-Caliber Rounds Slideshot Rampage Elemental Capacitor Surplus Overflow Ricochet Rounds

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Ricochet Rounds Elemental Capacitor Overflow High-Caliber Rounds Slideshot Surplus Rampage

Community wishlist roll

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Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 25. PvE first-choice roll for general content. In the same slot as Horror's Least, so there's some competition for your love. Help out the wonky Recoil Direction with Arrowhead Brake, and then you can either build into the Rapid-fire intrinsic perk with Alloy Mag, or just use a Combat Effect mag. For mowing through low-level minors in general content, Subsistence and Rampage are a great combination. Drops from the final (Emissary) chest if you're looking to farm it. Recommended MW: Stability or Handling, with a Rampage Spec mod.|tags: pve, pve-god, pve-minor, controller, mkb

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Subsistence Rampage

Strong alternatives

Alloy Magazine Armor-Piercing Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds

Community wishlist roll

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Chevy's S15 Super Pog PvE Loot List. Recommended MW - Reload/Range

Essential perks

Subsistence One for All

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Ricochet Rounds Fluted Barrel

What these Darkest Before perks do

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

Elemental Capacitor

Grants Passive Bonuses based on the element of your selected Super's element: • Solar: 50 Reload Speed • Arc: 50 Handling • Void: 20 Stability • Strand: 20 Airborne Effectiveness • Stasis: 20 Recoil Direction & 20% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Slideshot

Sliding refills 15% of the Magazine (rounded up) and grants 20 Range and Stability for your next shot (of the burst) within 2.5 seconds. 0.3 second cooldown after activation but can activate multiple times during a slide. Buff is removed on stow.

Rampage

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Rampage. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Grants a 10%|21%|33.1% damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Overflow

Upon picking up Special or Heavy Ammo: Refills and Overfills the Magazine from reserves. Overfill amount maxes out at 100% of the Magazine Capacity. Activates even while stowed.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

Subsistence

Weapon Kills refill 10% of the magazine (rounded up) from reserves. Submachine Gun and Auto Rifle Kills refill 17% of the magazine.

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 10 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

Unrelenting

Starts Health Regeneration and restores 65 HP upon reaching 100% Activation Progress with Weapon Kills within 5 seconds of each. Activation Progress by Enemy Rank: • Minor Combatants: 34% • Players: 67% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100%

Alloy Magazine

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

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